Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran, Iran to Kiev, Ukraine which, on 8 January 2020, was accidentally shot down by the Iranian IRGC shortly after takeoff, killing all 176 people on board. Iranian aviation authorities mistook the plane for a US cruise missile in the aftermath of Iran's airstrikes on US airbases in Iraq, leading to the IRGC shooting down the aircraft. Three days later, despite initially denying responsibility for the crash, the IRGC admitted its error. This led to massive protests in Tehran, as many of the passengers aboard the plane were Iranian students; protestors tore down posters of Qasem Soleimani and made defiant chants against the Iranian dictatorship.